Special Collections – Page 6

Send me a postcard!

Publication date May 5, 2022
Categories: DeGolyer Library, Exhibits, Special Collections
Categories: Archives of Women of the Southwest, Manuscripts

On exhibition this summer in the DeGolyer Library’s Hillcrest Hall Send me a postcard! Women on the road across 19th-20th century America examines women motorists/automobilists and their travels across the country. The concept for this exhibit developed from a series of blog posts written over the course of a few summers. “That’s Where the…Continue Reading Send me a postcard!

Defeating the Stereotype

Publication date March 21, 2022
Categories: DeGolyer Library, Special Collections

“Will electronics replace the housewife?” was the title of a 1958 tongue-in-cheek promotional piece for household appliances printed in Texins, Texas Instruments employees’ magazine. In addition to being a leader in oil exploration and the defense industry, the company’s advancements in infrared optics, transistor and vacuum technologies were positioning it as a contender in the…Continue Reading Defeating the Stereotype

International Women’s Day

Publication date March 8, 2022
Categories: DeGolyer Library, Special Collections
Categories: Archives of Women of the Southwest, Manuscripts

International Women’s Day The National Women’s Conference, held in Houston from November 18 – 21, 1977, was the largest political conference of women in the United States since the Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. Approximately 2,000 voting delegates from fifty states and six territories formulated and passed a National Plan…Continue Reading International Women’s Day

Remember the Ladies… Adlene Harrison 1923-2022

Publication date February 22, 2022
Categories: DeGolyer Library, Special Collections
Categories: Archives of Women of the Southwest, Manuscripts
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Remember the Ladies… Adlene Harrison 1923-2022 On Saturday, February 19th, 2022, Dallas lost a leading lady. Adlene Harrison, the first woman mayor of Dallas, Texas passed away at the age of 98. Harrison was a member of the Dallas City Council from 1973 to 1977. She was the city’s mayor pro tem when she was…Continue Reading Remember the Ladies… Adlene Harrison 1923-2022

Octavio Medellín: Spirit and Form

Publication date February 15, 2022
Categories: Exhibits, Hamon Arts Library, Special Collections
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The exhibition Octavio Medellín: Spirit and Form is now open at the Dallas Museum of Art. This exceptional retrospective exhibition features many fabulous works of art on loan from Bywaters Special Collections. Bywaters Special Collections holds the Octavio Medellin Artwork and Papers. A detailed finding aid and extensive digital collection are available. https://www.smu.edu/libraries/digitalcollections/med https://txarchives.org/smu/finding_aids/00272.xml…Continue Reading Octavio Medellín: Spirit and Form

In Process, Natalie Ornish papers

Publication date January 26, 2022
Categories: DeGolyer Library, Special Collections
Categories: Archives of Women of the Southwest, Manuscripts

New Year, new processing project for the Archives of Women of the Southwest. Archival processing is a crucial element of collections care; it’s how we begin to know what materials are included in a collection, how we ensure preservation, and the first step in making our collections available to the public. This year I am…Continue Reading In Process, Natalie Ornish papers

News from the DeGolyer Library

Publication date December 21, 2021
Categories: DeGolyer Library, News, Special Collections

Each month, DeGolyer Library shares updates and collection highlights via a month newsletter. You can read the latest edition here: December 2021 Want our updates delivered to your inbox? Click here to sign up to stay in touch! Past Issues: November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library

Symbiosis of Script, Font, and Form: A Selection of Artists’ Books

Publication date December 10, 2021
Categories: Bridwell Library, Exhibits, Special Collections
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Bridwell Library announces the opening of the first gallery exhibit in the library since 2019. Symbiosis of Script, Font, and Form: A Selection of Artists’ Books is a look at books from Bridwell Library Special Collections in which artists or circles of collaborators have integrated corporeal elements of the book form into the literature in sensitive…Continue Reading Symbiosis of Script, Font, and Form: A Selection of Artists’ Books

Fall ’21 and spring ’22 screenings for Ghosts of Lost Futures

Publication date November 30, 2021
Categories: Events, Hamon Arts Library, Special Collections
Categories: Film, Jones Film Collection, WFAA
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Curator and artist, Mike Morris, and his collaborators on the experimental videos, Ghosts of Lost Futures, have been busy with additional screenings of this program of works. Ghosts premiered at the Dallas Museum of Art in the Horchow Auditorium on May 22 with ten works by ten experimental video artists commissioned to re-interpret film footage…Continue Reading Fall ’21 and spring ’22 screenings for Ghosts of Lost Futures

Pumpkin Eater

Publication date November 16, 2021
Categories: DeGolyer Library, Special Collections
Categories: Archives of Women of the Southwest, Manuscripts

“Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater” is an English language nursery rhyme first published in Infant Institutes, part the first: or a Nurserical Essay on the Poetry, Lyric and Allegorical, of the Earliest Ages, &c., in London around 1797. Anyone who knows me, knows I am all about pumpkins. From decorations to drinks, apparel to recipes, if it…Continue Reading Pumpkin Eater